Buildings

Peterborough City Council is inviting bids for the £10 million construction of a waste-treatment plant.

Kier has won a £27 million contract to renew the large barrel-vaulted glazed roof at King’s Cross Station in London for Network Rail.

At least two contractors are looking to join the PFI prisons sector to bid for a share of the five new 1,500-capacity prisons mooted by the government last week. By Mark Lewis

A Carillion joint venture has been named preferred bidder on the £500 million Durham Building Schools for the Future contract.

The five smaller prison schemes set to replace the three giant “titan prisons” look set to be procured through PFI.

Morgan Ashurst has won a £5.9 million contract to build a new skills centre for Hamble Community Sports College.

Willmott Dixon has been named preferred bidder on a £15 million project to construct a new teaching block and student accommodation for the University Campus Suffolk.

Skanska has won a £150 million contract by the Ministry of Defence to design and build a secure facility at RAF Wyton in Cambridgeshire.

The Northern Ireland department for regional development roads service is inviting bids for the £100 million dualling of the A8 between Belfast and Larne.

Transport for London is inviting bids for four frameworks worth up to £100 million to carry out work across London’s urban rail network.